2009/10/16 pauld <[email protected]>: > > Hi-- > > I just updated to Rails 2.2.3 last night. Wanted to develop a new app > today but got message that I needed to update Gems from 1.3.1 to 1.3.2 > > So, I ran Terminal and entered the gems update --system command. I got > message returned saying " While executing gem ... > (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions into the / > Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8 directory" > > So I went into all those directories and changed write permissions, > including all the parent directories, and then rebooted the computer > (MBP running Leopard). When I ran the same command, I was returned the > same message.
If this were Ubuntu I would say that you need to use sudo, and it is gem not gems, so sudo gem update --system If your OS does not use sudo then maybe you need to be root or something. Colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
